What Is The Scene Of Tension In Philoldo's Night

Register to read the introduction… A scene would be shown of the lifestyles of the black people working in the cane field, they look exhausted and miserable. A few seconds later there is a scene shown of Leopold’s house, which is beautifully furnished, it seems like his family has everything they need. I thought it was very powerful how the scenes were shown. One would be a very depressing scene with Jose living in a shack with a dirt floor, and the next would show Leopold’s house. This was meant to create tension in the movie. Although this was something that jumped out at me, there were many other things that showed tension through Leopold. Leopold’s father saw him playing with Jose one day. He was furious by this and hunts Leopold down and tells him he cant hang out with Jose. Shortly after this scene, Leopold’s father is lying on his deathbed and refuses to say that Leopold is his son. Leopold’s mother is black, which means that he is a mulatto. His father is noticeably ashamed by this and says that he can’t inherit the land or his name. “It’s always been a white name, it doesn’t belong to mulattos,” said the dying …show more content…
In the movie black people worked on a white mans plantation, barely earning enough money to survive. The system in which Jose lives is a system of total control, similar to the compound system. The miners are like the slaves. They can do very little but work, and get paid a small amount. This is very similar to the slaves in Martinique. All they could do was work in the cane field, unless you were a kid. Kids went to school. Something I did find different about the two systems though, was that the compound system fought back more often. They did this through many different ways. They would lie, desert the plantation, fake sick, or just not work as hard. It seems like it was much easier for the workers to do this on the compound